RESULTS: ICL World Men's Team Squash Championship, Chennai, India
Final qualifying rounds - Pool A:
[1] EGYPT bt [25/29] RUSSIA 3-0
Karim Darwish bt Alexei Severinov 11-4, 11-2, 11-4 (16m)
Mohammed Abbas bt Valery Litvinko 11-3, 11-3, 11-4 (22m)
Wael El Hindi bt Sergey Kostrikin 11-3, 11-5, 11-4 (16m)
[16] GERMANY bt [17/24] FINLAND 2-1
Simon Rosner bt Olli Tuominen 11-8, 4-11, 10-11 (0-2), 11-10 (5-3), 11-3 (62m)
Johannes Voit lost to Henrik Mustonen 8-11, 6-11, 4-11 (28m)
Tim Weber bt Matias Tuomi 11-9, 9-11, 11-5, 7-11, 11-6 (60m)
Final positions: 1 Egypt, 2 Germany, 3 Finland, 4 Russia
Pool B:
[2] ENGLAND bt [15] HONG KONG 3-0
James Willstrop bt Dick Lau 11-5, 11-4, 11-3 (17m)
Peter Barker bt Anson Kwong 11-5, 11-8, 11-4 (23m)
Lee Beachill bt Max Lee 11-6, 11-2, 11-10 (2-0) (42m)
Final positions: 1 England, 2 Hong Kong, 3 Spain
Pool C:
[3] FRANCE bt [25/29] VENEZUELA 3-0
Gregory Gaultier bt Francisco Valecillo 11-4, 11-6, 11-7 (14m)
Julien Balbo bt Richard Prieto 11-3, 11-4, 11-6 (23m)
Renan Lavigne bt Juan Pablo Sanchez 11-4, 11-4, 11-4 (14m)
[14] USA bt [17/24] JAPAN 3-0
Julian Illingworth bt Jun Matsumoto 11-10 (2-0), 11-4, 11-7 (28m)
Richard Chin bt Yuta Fukui 11-9, 11-8, 11-6 (26m)
Christopher Gordon bt Takanori Shimizu 11-7, 11-6, 11-6 (54m)
Final positions: 1 France, 2 USA, 3 Japan, 4 Venezuela
Pool D:
[4] AUSTRALIA bt [13] NEW ZEALAND 3-0
David Palmer bt Kashif Shuja 11-4, 11-2, 11-6 (24m)
Cameron Pilley bt Martin Knight 11-4, 11-7, 11-7 (28m)
Stewart Boswell bt Joshua Greenfield 11-5, 11-3, 11-8 (21m)
Final positions: 1 Australia, 2 New Zealand, 3 Scotland
Pool E:
[5] MALAYSIA bt [25/29] SRI LANKA 3-0
Mohd Azlan Iskandar bt Saman Thilakaratna 11-6, 11-2, 11-5 (20m)
Muhd Asyraf Azan bt Kavinda Cooray 11-3, 11-1, 11-5 (15m)
Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan bt Navin Samarasinghe 5-11, 11-3, 11-5, 11-1 (28m)
[12] SOUTH AFRICA bt [17/24] KUWAIT 2-1
Jesse Engelbrecht bt Bader Al Hussaini 11-7, 11-8, 11-6 (47m)
Adrian Hansen bt Nasser B Al-Ramzi 11-6, 11-6, 11-7 (30m)
Stephen Coppinger lost to Abdullah Almezayen 11-3, 10-11 (1-3), 10-11 (0-2), 3-11 (76m)
Final positions: 1 Malaysia, 2 South Africa, 3 Kuwait, 4 Sri Lanka
Pool F:
[6] CANADA bt [11] IRELAND 2-1
Jonathon Power bt Liam Kenny 11-8, 11-6, 11-6 (40m)
Matthew Giuffre bt Derek Ryan 8-11, 11-6, 11-4, 9-11, 11-7 (62m)
Shahier Razik lost to John Rooney 4-11, 2-11, 11-7, 11-3, 8-11 (60m)
Final positions: 1 Canada, 2 Ireland, 3 Austria
Pool G:
[7] PAKISTAN bt [25/29] BERMUDA 3-0
Mansoor Zaman bt Chase Toogood 11-4, 11-1, 11-6 (23m)
Yasir Butt bt Robert Maycock 11-4, 11-8, 11-2 (18m)
Farhan Mehboob bt Melrindo Caines 11-2, 11-0, 11-4 (15m)
[10] INDIA bt [17/24] KENYA 3-0
Ritwik Bhattacharya bt Hardeep Reel 11-4, 11-10 (2-0), 11-10 (2-0) (35m)
Gaurav Nandrajog bt Otto Kwach 11-5, 11-6, 11-9 (24m)
Siddharth Suchde bt Hartaj Bains 11-2, 11-4, 11-3 (20m)
Final positions: 1 Pakistan, 2 India, 3 Kenya, 4 Bermuda
Pool H:
[17/24] SWEDEN bt [25/29] CHINESE TAIPEI 3-0
Christian Drakenberg bt Chang Chun-Yu 11-1, 11-1, 11-3 (16m)
Gustav Detter bt Chen Ching-Han 11-2, 11-2, 11-1 (18m)
Rasmus Hult bt Huang Hsuen-Chih 11-3, 11-2, 11-2 (22m)
[9] WALES bt [8] NETHERLANDS 2-1
Alex Gough bt Laurens Jan Anjema 11-6, 8-11, 11-8, 6-11, 11-7 (87m)
Jethro Binns bt Tom Hoevenaars 11-6, 11-9, 11-4 (47m)
David Evans lost to Dylan Bennett 2-11, 8-11, 7-11 (22m)
Final positions: 1 Wales, 2 Netherlands, 3 Sweden, 4 Chinese Taipei
Birthday Boy Alex Leads Wales To Dramatic World Championship Upset
PSA Tour veteran Alex Gough celebrated his 37th birthday in impressive style today (Saturday) in India when he led Wales to a 2/1 upset - the first of the tournament - over eighth seeds Netherlands in the final qualifying rounds of the ICL World Men's Team Squash Championship in Chennai.
The former world No5 is currently enjoying a rich vein of form after reaching the quarter-finals of the World Open in Bermuda last week. Gough was taken to five games by Laurens Jan Anjema, but ultimately beat the Dutch number one - now ranked 20 in the world - 11-6, 8-11, 11-8, 6-11, 11-7 in 87 minutes to put Wales in the lead.
Team-mate Jethro Binns, 23, from Abergavenny, clinched victory for the ninth seeds by beating Tom Hoevenaars 11-6, 11-9, 11-4. Netherlands gained a consolation point when Dylan Bennett beat former British Open champion David Evans 11-2, 11-8, 11-7.
Wales will now face 10th seeds India for a place in the quarter-finals, while Netherlands progress to meet Pakistan, the No7 seeds, in the other half of the last sixteen draw.
Title-holders England, the No2 seeds, beat Hong Kong 3/0 and now meet European rivals Germany for a place in the last eight. Favourites Egypt defeated Russia 3/0 and will now take on Hong Kong in the last sixteen.
Last sixteen draw (for positions 1-16):
[1] EGYPT v [15] HONG KONG
[9] WALES v [10] INDIA
[4] AUSTRALIA v [14] USA
[6] CANADA v [12] SOUTH AFRICA
[5] MALAYSIA v [11] IRELAND
[3] FRANCE v [13] NEW ZEALAND
[7] PAKISTAN v [8] NETHERLANDS
[2] ENGLAND v [16] GERMANY
Last sixteen draw (for positions 17-29):
[17/24] FINLAND bye
[17/24] SWEDEN v [25/29] BERMUDA
[17/24] JAPAN bye
[17/24] AUSTRIA v [25/29] VENEZUELA
[17/24] KUWAIT v [25/29] RUSSIA
[17/24] SCOTLAND v [25/29] CHINESE TAIPEI
[17/24] KENYA v [25/29] SRI LANKA
[17/24] SPAIN bye
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